Legal Opinion
McGuire v. Estate of Robert Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 6, 2019No. 17-1106PPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. , authorizes private persons, known as relators, to "bring a civil action ... in the name of the Government" against those who make fraudulent claims against the United States, id. § 3730(b)(1). When a relator brings such a qui tam suit, the government may intervene and proceed with the action, or it may decline to intervene and allow the relator to proceed. See id. § 3730(b)(1)-(4), (c).
The FCA encourages relators to bring qui tam suits by allowing them to share in any recovery obtained for the government. To avoid…
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